 | John Humphrey Spanton - 1895 - 608 σελίδες
...wanting is equal and opposite to the resultant, and will restore equilibrium. Moments of Force. — The moment of a force about a point is the product of the force and the perpendicular drawn to its direction from the point. A moment represents the tendency of a... | |
 | Charles Ezra Greene - 1897 - 292 σελίδες
...applied load may not traverse the centres of all cross-sections of the piece. The product of the applied force into the perpendicular distance of its line of action from the centre of any cross-section will be a bending moment, which must develop a resisting moment at the... | |
 | Augustin Privat-Deschanel, Joseph David Everett - 1897 - 1220 σελίδες
...parallel forces, the product Pa: is called the moment of the force P about the point O. More generally, the moment of a force about a point is the product of tfie force by the length of Hie perpendicular dropped upon it from the point. The above equations show... | |
 | Sidney H. Wells - 1898 - 258 σελίδες
...units, and the moment of the weight of 8 Ibs. at a distance of 6" is 8 x 6 = 48 units. DEFINITION. The moment of a force about a point is the product...perpendicular distance of its line of action from the point. Units of Moments. If the unit of force is the weight of one pound, and the unit of distance is one... | |
 | Sidney H. Wells - 1898 - 274 σελίδες
...units, and the moment of the weight of 8 Ibs. at a distance of 6" is 8 x 6 = 48 units. DEFINITION. The moment of a force about a point is the product of the force Mo the perpendicular distance of its line of action from the point. Units Of Moments. If the unit of... | |
 | Frank Castle - 1899 - 424 σελίδες
...perpendicular to DC and meeting DC in O, is the centre of gravity required. Moments of forces. — The moment of a force about a point is the product of the number of units in the force and the perpendicular distance from the point in units of length. Thus... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1899 - 722 σελίδες
...rotation, that is, turn the body. A moment measures the capacity of a force to produce rotation. _1 1 1 23. The moment of a force about a point is the product of the magnitude of the force by the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force.... | |
 | George Minchin Minchin - 1900 - 284 σελίδες
...of rotation — which belongs specially to the nature of bodies of large dimensions. DEFINITION. — The "moment" of a force about a point is the product of the force magnitude and the perpendicular from the point on the line of action of the force. Then if in fig.... | |
 | Leander Miller Hoskins - 1900 - 456 σελίδες
...Moment of a Force. — The moment of a force with respect to a point is the product of the magnitude of the force into the perpendicular distance of its line of action from the given point. This is a particular case of the definition of the moment of a localized vector, already... | |
 | Frank Berry Sanborn - 1902 - 170 σελίδες
...observe the direct relation existing between the principles of Work and those of Moments. DEFINITION. — The Moment of a force about a point is the product of the force times the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action of the force ; or briefly. Moment... | |
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The Moment of a Force about a point is the product of the Force by the perpendicular distance of the point from the line of action of the force. 
